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Jainism : The Cosmic Vision Hindu from a Hindu's perspective and a Muslim from Muslim's. Jain religion's Syadvad and interfaith programmes can become a bedrock for unity and harmony and Jains diaspora can contribute a lot in this direction.
C] CHARITRA WING
This will be action oriented.
A wing dealing with charitable and relief activities at the time of natural or man-made calamities such as floods, earthquake, tsunami, violence, conflicts etc. There should be a political wing which can present the views of the Jains before their respective governments.
There should be a seperate wing dealing with business, trade and commerce such as the JITO working in Mumbai.
With a view to enabling participation of Jains in different important events, a brochure should be brought out giving names, addresses, profession, E-mail, fax number and such other useful details. The broad objectives of the central body may be as under: (1) To unite the Jains of the world under a single canopy and to ensure exchange of information among them. (2) On the international level or between different religions of the world, concerted efforts should be made to forcefully present the views of the Jain religion on important principles, tenets etc. (3) To awaken the Jains against the divisive attempts that
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